Discounts in DC for Planit Meetings friends!

Planit Meetings is happy to partner with the award-winning Roche Salon, located at Washington Harbor in Georgetown: 3000 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20007   202 775 0775.

Wantanee Dodge, stylist, and Dennis Roche’s protégé, is giving friends of Planit Meetings 15% off all services, including cut/ blow dry, color, straightening, etc. Wantanee’s specialties are color, and ‘problem’ hair. Go to www.rochesalon.com to see Wantanee’s profile. Salon is closed Sundays and Mondays.  To receive your discount, tell Wantanee, at the time of your appointment, ‘friend of Planit Meetings'. If you're traveling in DC and need a last minute appointment,Wantanee will extend her hours to accommodate Planit Meetings out of town friends.

Planit Meetings friends also receive 10% discounts at the following establishments:

Café la Ruche, by the C & O Canal in Georgetown, Planit Meetings' favorite French Bistro.  www.cafelaruche.com
   Cafe la Ruche has outdoor dining, an affordable menu; 15% off tabs on groups of 10 or more, exclusive to Planit Meetings friends only.

Fitness Together, 3222 N Street, NW, DC  202-625-8484

     To receive your personal training discount, ask to speak with studio owner and fitness guru Matt McKinnis, and say ‘friend of Planit Meetings.’ Fitness Together works with people of all ages to help them attain fitness goals at their own pace and with their own needs. (For me, it means incorporating chocolate chip cookies in my weight-loss diet.)

For more information, for these and other Planit Meetings discounts, please contact Planit Meetings.

Madison Hotel in Washington, DC: a perfect location for National Police Week or College graduations!

 ...Haven't posted in several weeks... Suddenly, in Mid - March, Washington, DC's weather turned into perfect summer weather...sunny...warm, but not humid... just endless, perfect, dry, sunny warm spring days... How do people in places like Miami, and San Diego ever get any work done? Keep office blinds closed and rooms darkened?

That said, we've been busy...with May...National Police Week, college graduations occurring simultaneously...and everyone needing great hotel rates, walking distance from where they need to be!

Planit Meetings has the perfect hotel solution for May 10  -  May 16: the recently renovated, luxurious, sophisticated Madison Hotel, in downtown DC, a few blocks north of the White House, 3 metro stops from the Mall (GWU graduation), 8 blocks west of Judiciary Square (National Police Week), 3 metro stops from Howard U, 5 metro stops from American U, 4 metro stops from Catholic and Trinity U.

Planit Meetings has a special room block rate for the Madison Hotel, May 10 - May 16 of $259 per night for one king bed or two double beds.  Good rate, good value, convenient... the kind of hotel that would impress grandparents who come to DC for college graduation, and nice for police officers attending National Police Week...because they do a very hard job, putting their lives on the line for us, and deserve to stay in the best of luxury for National Police Week....

There are coffee makers in all the rooms...300 thread count sheets, 2 phones, commodious and well appointed bathrooms...all the details that make you feel special.

Please email susan@planitmeetings.com for questions or to make reservations at the Madison May 10 - May 16.

Catholic University and The George Washington University Graduation 2012 Room Blocks, May 11 - May 16

Below are hotels that still have availability May 11 - May 16 for National Police Week, and for Howard University, George Washington University, American University, and Catholic University graduations.

To make a reservation for any of these room blocks, please email Planit Meetings at:
        susan@planitmeetings.com

Please include arrival and departure dates, special requests, contact information.
Reservations are NOT prepaid and can be canceled up until 24 hours prior to arrival.


Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott WDC/New York Ave
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$177.00
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$177.00


Courtyard Washington DC/US Capitol
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00
King Bed
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00


Courtyard Washington Embassy Row
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00

Latham Hotel
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$209.00

Courtyard Marriott Washington Capitol Hill Navy Yard
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$219.00
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$219.00

Capitol Skyline Hotel
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$219.00

Melrose Hotel
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$224.00
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$224.00

Churchill Hotel
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$229.00
Junior King Suite
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$269.00
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$259.00
Deluxe King Suite
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$349.00

Residence Inn Dupont Circle
Studio Suite (Includes pull-out sofa)
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$229.00

Marriott Washington
(22nd St, NW)
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $229.00
King 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $229.00

DoubleTree Suites (*Four night Minimum Stay*)
King Room
with Sofa Bed 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $239.00
Double Tree Hotel
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $239.00
King 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $239.00

St. Gregory Hotel & Suites (*Two Night Minimum Stay*)
King 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $185.00-$224.00
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $185.00-$224.00

Renaissance Mayflower - near Farragut North Metro
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $249.00

Renaissance  Washington Dupont
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $249.00
King 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $249.00

Palomar Washington - Dupont Circle
King 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $259.00

The Quincy -- near Farragut North Metro, Connecticut and L
King 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $259.00
Two Double
Beds 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $259.00

The Madison, downtown
1 King Bed 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $259.00
2 Queen Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $259.00

State Plaza Hotel, near the George Washington University
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $265.00
King 05/11/2012-05/17/2012 $265.00


Donovan House
2 Double Beds 5/11/2012-05/13/2012 $169.00
2 Double Beds 05/14/2012-05/16/2012 $249.00

Embassy Suites DC  Convention Center -- smoking rooms available
King 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $289.00
2 Double Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $289.00

Carlyle Suites -- Dupont Circle
King with Sofa
Bed 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $289.00
One Double
Bed 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $289.00
Two Double
Beds 05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $289.00

Savoy Suites -- Upper Georgetown
2 Queen Beds  $289.00
King  $289.00

Washington Suites Georgetown, near George Washington University
1 King Bed
05/11/2012-05/17/2012     $309.00
Queen Deluxe
05/11/2012-05/17/2012     $329.00

Liason Capitol Hill -- luxury on the Hill
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$459.00

Holiday Inn Rosslyn Key Bridge -- convenient to American U
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $109.00-$149.00
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $109.00-$149.00

Americana Hotel -- near Crystal City Metro, includes Continental Breakfasat
1 Queen Bed  05/11/2012-05/12/2012  $115.00
1 King Bed  05/11/2012-05/12/2012  $125.00
Two Double Beds  05/11/2012-05/12/2012  $135.00

Hyatt Regency Crystal City
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$125.00-$225.00

Comfort Inn Pentagon
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$129.00

Virginian Suites
Studio Suite with 1 Queen Bed
05/11/2012-05/16/2012    $129.00-$199.00

Hilton Crystal City National Airport
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012    $149.00
Two Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012    $149.00

Courtyard Arlington Crystal City/National Airport
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012   $159.00
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012   $159.00

Sheraton Crystal City
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012   $179.00
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012   $179.00

Holiday Inn National Airport
Arlington, VA
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00
King Bed
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00

Radisson Hotel National Airport
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$199.00
King Bed
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$199.00

Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport
King Bed
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$219.00
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$219.00

Le Meridien Arlington
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$219.00
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$219.00

Renaissance Arlington Capital View
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$249.00

Hyatt Arlington
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$269.00

Quality Inn Mount Vernon
Two Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$93.00

Comfort Inn and Suites
1 Bedroom Suite (King w/ pull out sofa)
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$149.99
1 King Bed
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$129.99
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$129.99

Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham
Studio Suites
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$129.00

Red Roof Inn Alexandria
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$139.99
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$139.99

Hampton Inn & Suites Belvoir/Alexandria
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$139.00
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Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Old Town Alexandria
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$159.00
Alexandria, VA

Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$179.00
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$179.00

Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$179.00
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$179.00

Hilton Alexandria Old Town
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012
$199.00

Westin Alexandria
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$199.00
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$199.00

Hotel Monaco Alexandria -- Old Town Alexandria
1 Queen Deluxe
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$239.00

Lorien Hotel & Spa -- Old Town Alexandria, by King Street Metro
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$239.00
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012
$239.00


Hampton Inn Silver Spring -- breakfast included;
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $99.00

Double Tree Silver Spring
2 Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $99.00
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $99.00

Hyatt Regency Bethesda -- Near Downtown Bethesda Metro
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $119.00-$229.00
King
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $119.00-$229.00

Crowne Plaza WDC/Silver Spring -- convenient to Catholic University
1 King Bed
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $169.00
Two Double Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012 $169.00

Courtyard Silver Spring Downtown
2 Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/16/2012   $209.00
King Bed (Includes pull-out sofa)
05/11/2012-05/16/2012  $209.00

Courtyard Chevy Chase
King
05/11/2012-05/17/2012  $249.00
Two Queen Beds
05/11/2012-05/17/2012  $259.00

Morton’s the Steakhouse Georgetown: Planit Meetings New Favorite Happy Hour

 

Last week, looking for a quiet bar in DC to go with friends, we decided to try Morton’s, and then wondered why we had been avoiding it all these years! We loved Morton’s Georgetown so much, that we went back again last evening – 3 times in 2 weeks.  Morton’s Bar on Mondays is the perfect place to hold an office staff meeting, impress a potential client, and or have a date night. You know that Planit Meetings does not give out superlatives lightly: our reputation is on the line.

 Morton’s is, for lack of a better word, wonderful: where the mythical Boston ‘Cheers’ bar would be, if it were in DC, and had a restaurant attached:  nice bar staff, comfortable seating, the kind of place where you can have good, long talks with your friends comfortably, while keeping an eye on one of the bar's TVs across the room (as in NCAA tournament that starts tonight). Further, outdoor seating gets you a good Café Milano-watching spot, as in hoping to catch a glimpse of political or entertainment industry celebs who dine there. (Morton’s is accessible, egalitarian, affordable.)

Beers are $5, wine $6.50, martinis $7.50.  What Planit Meetings really, really loves are the sumptuous bar bites, that, at between $6 and $7, are large enough for a meal, and totally affordable. We’ve tried all the bar bites. The iceberg lettuce wedge bites gets you your veggie MDR, the smoked salmon pizza, your weekly Omega-3 MDR. The cheeseburger or filet mignon sliders are Atkin’s diet perfection. If you like crab cakes, you will honestly find none better than Morton's. I tried to get the recipe. That good.

Morton’s is the kind of place that you like to hang around, bring people to every day, especially because it’s an easy segue into the dining room, and a full dinner, at a later time.

The bartender told us last night that Morton’s will be undergoing an unobtrusive renovation in the coming weeks. The menu will include more vegetarian entrees and bar bites, and the restaurant will be more open, lighter. Hard to improve upon this place, but would love to see some mushrooms added to bar bite menu.

Planit Meetings cannot think of a better place, than Morton's Georgetown, to stop for a drink and ‘snack’ on the way home from work. 

Happy Hour Power Hour prices mentioned above are available 5-6:30 and 9pm to closing.
 

Morton's the Steakhouse

3251 Prospect Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20007

(202) 342-6258 ‎ mortons.com/Georgetown/bar

Hours today:

5:30–11:00 pm

Planit Meetings Offers Portion of Commissions to Midwestern Tornado Relief Effort

Please spread the word. Planit Meetings is giving a portion of all commissions on new individual or group hotel reservations, made during the month of March, 2012, to aide the Indiana tornado relief efforts. Planit Meetings firmly believes that it is the responsibility of all of us to help, however we can. We are not free to go to Indiana and the other hard-hit states to help in clean-up and rebuilding efforts; YOU and we, together, can help in another way.


Planit Meetings receives small commissions from hotels, when we make hotel reservations for individuals or groups. We are giving 33% of any earned commissions for any new reservations, whether for one night for one room, or three nights for 20 rooms, or 100 rooms to help out in the disaster.

Watch this blog to find out the tornado disaster relief org that we will be helping.We believe that funds should go to the Indiana chapter of the American Red Cross, earmarked Indiana tornado relief. Open to suggestions.

Please tell friends, neighbors, colleagues that on all hotel reservations, for individuals or groups of any size, made during March 2012, Planit Meetings will give 33% of all realized hotel commissions to aide tornado relief.

Planit Meetings has a ten-year history of helping out. For the past year, we have been actively fundraising for a no-kill animal rescue in the south. Over the years, we have been actively contributing time and earnings to help others in need, like Katrina relief efforts, and Haiti.

Planit Meetings has long time Indiana roots and loyalties, with one third of our staff attending undergrad and or grad school at universities in Indiana. 


For rate inquiries about hotels in cities in the US, email:  susan@planitmeetings.com

We offer discounted rates, no-walk guarantees, complimentary concierge services, at hotels in most cities in the US. Our services are FREE, NO pre-pay, cancellable without penalty 24 hours prior to arrival.

This weekend, we at Planit Meetings have been contacting restaurants, hoteliers and our Planit Meetings counterparts in Indiana to help out, whether stocking shelters with bed linen, offering shelter and or food at hotels.

We have been inspired by newsreports of Hoosiers helping Hoosiers.

Watch this space for updates.

Susan    susan@planitmeetings.com

Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland: an Ideal Hotel Location for National Police Week and Catholic University Graduation

Silver Spring

Hampton Inn Silver Spring

Crowne Plaza Silver Spring

Hampton Inn Silver Spring

AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring

 

 

May 10 - May 16 is a busy week in Washington, with National Police Week, Catholic U, Howard U, George Washington U, American U, Trinity U graduations, and other events going on.

Downtown Silver Spring is an ideal location to stay for National Police Week and Catholic U graduations. It's right on the Red Line, making it about 15 minutes by metro to Catholic U, about 20 minutes by metro to Judiciary Square. Hotels tend to be less expensive in suburban locations. Suburban hotels on the Red Line are ideal for National Police Week and Catholic U events...

During the past ten years, the downtown Silver Spring area has become a hub for exciting culture (AFI Silver Theater festivals are reknown), fine but affordable dining, and great shopping. Safe, walkable, fun.

Planit Meetings is happy to offer many outstanding rates at the best Silver Spring hotels, for National Police Week/ college graduation week, 2012, such as:

 Hampton Inn Downtown Silver Spring, at $99 per night including complimentary breakfast, for a single or double bedded room, complimentary internet, indoor pool. The hotel is small, 149 rooms, known for good service and high standards.


The Crowne Plaza Silver Spring, at $169 per night. Smoking rooms are available at this hotel. Complimentary internet access, outdoor pool, restaurant and bar.


For questions about Planit Meetings discounted rates at Silver Spring hotels, email Planit Meetings at:  susan@planitmeetings.com

National Police Week Hotel Accommodations

Planit Meetings, endorsed by the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police,  and NLEOMF, is honored to be working with Police Departments around the country for National Police Week 2012, May 11 - May 16.

Below is a list of hotels, that still have availability in our National Police Week room blocks. To make a reservation, please email Planit Meetings at the email address below. Please specify hotel, number of rooms, arrival and departure dates, names, address, and any special needs. We will contact you for your credit card number, that would be used to hold the rooms. All reservations may be cancelled without penalty, up until 48 hours prior to arrival.

Planit Meetings is offering complimentary babysitting, on a first come, first served basis, for NPW, for families bringing their children to the festivities. Please email your inquiries or requests. We would be honored to help you.

 susan@planitmeetings.com

National Police Week Hotel Room Blocks --  some of our many room blocks with rooms still available

All rooms rates are for one or two beds, unless specified otherwise

Hyatt Regency Bethesda 119 - 229/night

Courtyard Navy Yard 219

Melrose (by Foggy Bottom metro) 224

Comfort Inn Convention Center downtown 169 

Latham Hotel in Georgetown, 1 bed 209, 2 beds, 229

Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill 364

Courtyard Capitol 199

Courtyard Washington Embassy Row 199

Capitol Skyline 219

Churchill, by Dupont Circle  1 bed 229, 2 beds 259

Residence Inn Dupont Circle Studio Suite

            includes pull-out sofa, 1 or 2 beds

            all-you-can-eat breakfast included

Marriott Metro Center 234

Doubletree suites, king room with sofa bed 239

St. Gregory 240

Renaissance Mayflower 249

Palomar Washington I king bed 259

Madison Hotel in downtown DC 259

State Plaza 265

Morrison Clark, by Convention Center 269 

Embassy Suites Convention Center 289, includes all you can eat breakfast

     Some smoking rooms

Comfort Inn Pentagon 129

Hyatt Regency Crystal City 125 - 225

Virginia Suites, by Key Bridge in Arlington 129 - 199

Courtyard Arlington Crystal City National Airport 159

Marriott Key Bridge 184

Palomar Arlington 219

Hyatt Arlington in Rosslyn 269

Red Roof Inn Alexandria  King or 2 Double Beds $139.99

Hampton Inn & Suites Belvoir/Alexandria 150

Holiday Inn Eisenhower Metro Center 149

Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Old Town Alexandria 2 Double Beds $159.00

Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria 179

Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria

King or 2 Double Beds $179.00

Hilton Alexandria Old Town King $199.00

Westin Alexandria 1 King or 2 Double Beds $199.00

Hotel Monaco, Old Town Alexandria  1 Queen Deluxe $239.00

Lorien Hotel & Spa Old Town Alexandria 239

Courtyard Dunn Loring Fairfax 149

Hampton Inn Silver Spring  King $99.00

Hilton Silver Spring  $99.00

Hilton Garden Inn Silver Spring North $159 – 2 Queen beds

Crowne Plaza WDC/Silver Spring  169

Courtyard Chevy Chase K 249, 2 Queen beds 259

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC

"Carved on these walls is the story of America, of a continuing quest to preserve both democracy and decency, and to protect a national treasure that we call the American dream." —President G.H.W. Bush

Planit Meetings is honored to be endorsed by NLEOMF – the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Found, and proud to be working with them on hotel accommodations for National Police Week 2012.

 The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, across from the National Building Museum, near the courts buildings at Judiciary Square, is one of the most beautiful memorials in Washington, DC.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial,  a 3-acre site at Judiciary Square, near the US Capitol, dedicated on October 15, 1991, is our nation’s monument to fallen law enforcement officers. The beautiful memorial, lush with plants, trees, flowers, honors local, state and federal law enforcement officers, who died in the line of duty, protecting our nation’s people. 

The Memorial’s primary plaza features the Memorial Fund log: blue shield with a red rose draped across it.

Carved on the two curving 304 foot long marble walls of the memorial,  on the pathways of remembrance,  are the more than 19,298 names of offices who died in the line of duty, dating back to the first known death in 1791. Each of the pathway entrances has statuary groups of lions protecting their cubs, symbolizing the protective role of law enforcement officers, conveying strength, and courage.  New names of fallen officers are added to the monument every spring, in conjunction with National Police Week.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund was established by former US Representative Mario Biaggi, a NYPD officer, wounded in the line of duty more than 10 times, before retiring in 1965, Senator Claiborne Pell, Suffolk County police detective Donald Guilfoil and others. They initiated the legislation that was passed in 1984, resulting in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. They were soon joined by more than sixteen national law enforcement organizations, who worked together to find the site, design and build the Washington, DC memorial.

NLEOMF’s mission, in part through the Memorial and the adjacent museum,  is to increase public awareness, appreciation and support for the law enforcement profession, by recording and honoring the service and sacrifice of our law enforcement officers.  Although the memorial is on federal land, private funds, and not tax dollars are responsible for the building and maintaining of the monument. (In 1996, a federal law was passed creating a Memorial Maintenance Fund, managed by the Department of the Interior, and funded, in part, by the selling of of NLEOM Commemorative Silver Dollars issued by the US Mint. The Memorial and the adjacent National Law Enforcement Museum are both projects of the NLEOMF, a 501(c) 3.)

 For questions about hotel accommodations for National Police Week, please don't hesitate to contact Kevin Elder (kelder@planitmeetings.com) or Susan Pasko (susan@planitmeetings.com).

                                                                   

For Washington, DC Business Travelers, the historic Willard Hotel is perfect!

Peacock Alley for high tea

       Since 1850, the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, at 1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, a stone’s throw from the White House, has been THE location, for movers and shakers, who have business in DC.  The current 12 story building, with 335 rooms, and 40 suites, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in the Beaux Arts style, opened its doors in 1901.

The Willard has seen much history.  For example:

in 1861, it was the site of the Peace Congress, where 34 states met to try to avert the Civil War;

Julia Ward Howe wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the Willard in 1861; 

President Abraham Lincoln and his family lived there for the month prior to his inauguration.

President Woodrow Wilson’s  League of Nations took shape at the Willard,  during 1916 meetings of the League to Enforce Peace, in the lobby. 

President Calvin Coolidge lived at the hotel, while waiting for President Harding’s widow to move out of the White House.

The first recorded meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was convened at the Willard on May 7, 1907.

 

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “I have a dream” speech, while staying at the Willard in August 1963, before the March on Washington.

Though historic, the well-appointed guest rooms are luxurious, recently updated, spacious and quiet. Features include: 24-hour room service, refrigerated minibar, 24-hour laundry and valet services, athrooms with telephone and built-in hairdryer, ired and wireless high-speed Internet access,

In-room safes.

Willard’s business center,  one of the most complete hotel business centers,  includes: high speed wireless internet access,  fax, scanning, custom printing (business cards, name tags, brochures), shredding services, packaging and shipping, office equipment rentals, photocopying, binding and laminating and cell phone rental.

The Willard's proximity to downtown, the White House, Cap Hill, the Federal Triangle, and the Smithsonian Mall make it one of best locations in DC, for both business and leisure travel. Everyone needs to stay at the Willard Hotel for at least one Washington, DC night!

For more information, email:

susan@planitmeetings.com

 

 

Hotel Monaco in Old Town Alexandria: a perfect mid-winter escape!

Hotel Monaco, a luxurious hotel by the Historic Gatsby’s Tavern in Old Town Alexandria, a stone’s throw from the Potomac River, makes a perfect midwinter escape.

We love the Monaco in the winter, because it has an exceptional indoor pool and well-equipped fitness center, and has the Kimpton features, and high standards that we can depend on. The Dive-In Movie Nights at the pool are too much fun, even for curmudgeony types (like this writer can be, when stressed).

Planit Meetings guests receive complimentary high-speed internet access and are invited to the complimentary wine reception in the lobby, daily 5 – 6 p.m. Companion goldfish are delivered to your room for duration of your stay.

The hotel features 24-hour room service, with full concierge and business services (but you won’t spend your time on business), complimentary newspaper, complimentary shuttle between Reagan National Airport and the hotel.  If you don’t feel like going out to dine, Monaco’s restaurant, Jackson 20, offers cozy American comfort food. Many of the Washington, DC areas finest restaurants are a short walk from Hotel Monaco.

Hotel Monaco is a bicycling lover's dream, as it is situated on the Mt. Vernon Bicycle Trail that hugs the Potomac River and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. (There are many bicycle rental options near the Monaco, like Capitol Bikeshare. The concierge will point out the nearest.) DC is an easy 30 minute bike ride on the well-maintained trail that connects DC and Mt. Vernon. The ride between the Hotel Monaco  to DC takes you  through Dangerfield Island, and Gravelly Point Park, where you can watch planes take off and land at Reagan National, and byTheodore Roosevelt Memorial Island, a hidden memorial on an island, where you can spot many species of birds, and see other wildlife, on the boardwalk through the island. In the other direction, and a hilly bicycle climb up a bike trail that hugs the Potomac River, culminates at Mt.Vernon (all down-hill going back to the hotel).

For questions about Planit Meetings’ discounted rates at Hotel Monaco, please email us:

susan@planitmeetings.com

Hotel Rouge DC: A Romantic, Affordable Valentine's Day Destination!

It's not too late to plan a one-night or whole weekend romantic getaway for Valentine's Day...Planit Meetings' has many exclusive discounted rates, with free upgrades, for this almost-Valentine's Day weekend.We can offer you a one night's stay at a four star hotel...for not much more than a hair cut and blow dry...or around $100 per night, plus tax.

The hotel that we love, for a romantic weekend in DC is Hotel Rouge, on 16th Street, near Dupont Circle, five blocks north of the White House.

Rouge has had a recent multi-million dollar refresh...The rooms are a minimum 450 square feet, making them the largest standard rooms in DC.

Frette sheets, Gilchrest & Soames bath products, in-room spa services, 100% smoke-free hotel.

Planit Meetings' discounted rates include complimentary wi-fi, and wine hour, in the lobby, free upgrades, when available.

The vibrant deep red decor conjure roses, passion, coziness... and fun!...

Rouge is a great value for a romantic weekend or any time in the city, without children.

For more information about romantic weekends, at the best rates, for Washington, DC and other cities, feel free to email Planit Meetings. We can help you plan an affordable, romantic weekend, anywhere, with dining recommendations, and handle the details for you, at no charge.

susan@planitmeetings.com